Tony Awards: Bette Midler's hilariously long speech stole the show

Bette Midler, a true Broadway legend, took home the best actress in a musical prize at the Tony Awards Sunday night. And she did so with all the class, glitz and drama her career of almost 50 years deserved.

Accepting her best actress in a musical trophy for Hello, Dolly!, Midler rattled off an impressive list of thank-you's before the orchestra started playing, urging her to wrap up. "Shut that (expletive) off!" she said, silencing the music and continuing her speech as the audience cheered, the whole thing clocking in at over four minutes.

"(They) took me to the first restaurant I ever went to," she said, her voice catching. "I was really, really poor and (they) showed me there was another way, another way of life, and it was really marvelous."

She ended her speech with a bang, declaring "Bette Midler for president!" and walking offstage.

This Bette Midler speech had everything: she couldn't get on the stage, she declared herself president AND she almost cried bless her pic.twitter.com/Jey28PLQZc

As if her earlier speeches weren't enough, Midler also took to Twitter to thank her Hello, Dolly! cast. "In all the pandemonium tonight I neglected to thank the brilliant ensemble of 'Hello Dolly,' whom I adore," she wrote. "Please forgive me kids! I'm old!"

Not too old to steal the show.

In all the pandemonium tonight I neglected to thank the brilliant ensemble of "Hello Dolly", whom I adore. Please forgive me kids! I'm old!